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 chidgos
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 Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit 
#12482035 - 04/30/10 07:43 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Basically i have found somewhere that sells button mushroom growing kits. i was wondering if the mushroom compost in this kit could be used for bulk growing cubes or will it be no good.
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 Doc_T
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: chidgos]
#12482049 - 04/30/10 07:55 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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It's already spawned with Agaricus though, right?
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anti-flag
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: chidgos]
#12482058 - 04/30/10 08:01 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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It should work fine,you may have to pc it to kill contam off depending on how it comes packaged.
Coir or Hpoo work great also.
One is dirt cheap and the other is free.
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ukshroomer
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: anti-flag]
#12482082 - 04/30/10 08:13 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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hi there. you will most likely have to pressure cook it in order to kill the agaricus spawn inside otherwise the two different mushroom species will compete against on another leaving you with very ppor results. let us know how it goes. try and find aged manure and pasteurize it. you might better results. if you do go with the mushroom compost however i would like to see the results. stay in touch.
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anti-flag
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: anti-flag]
#12482088 - 04/30/10 08:17 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Hey doc,Agaricus is edible and poisonous mush mix correct?
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: anti-flag]
#12482096 - 04/30/10 08:21 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Agaricus brunnescens is the button mushrooms. And portabellas.
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andymc
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: anti-flag]
#12482102 - 04/30/10 08:24 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Quote:
anti-flag said:
Hey doc,Agaricus is edible and poisonous mush mix correct?
Agaricus Brunnescens = button mushroom
If the OP is talking about the "grow your own" type kits that we get at Homebase in the UK, then no the compost and spawn are separate in the package. I bought one for kicks and spawned it last night 
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Edited by andymc (04/30/10 08:24 AM)
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: andymc]
#12482141 - 04/30/10 08:44 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Although I don't know the price of the kit, I would expect it to be much more expensive than regularly used self-made Cube substrates.
Why would you want to use it anyway? Can't you get your hands on things like coir etc?
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anti-flag
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: andymc]
#12482146 - 04/30/10 08:46 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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I thought I read that,guess I was wrong 
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Re: Mushroom compost from a mushroom growing kit [Re: Fahkface]
#12482206 - 04/30/10 09:13 AM (3 years, 24 days ago) |
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Fahkface said:
Although I don't know the price of the kit, I would expect it to be much more expensive than regularly used self-made Cube substrates.
Why would you want to use it anyway? Can't you get your hands on things like coir etc?
He's probably just curious. I wondered the same thing (though I actually wanted to grow the buttons). The kit was only £6 so it actually wouldn't be so bad economically as a one-off thing, given that a bag of Vermiculite at the same store is £7.
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